choices, too. hamas could immediately release all of the hostages it holds. it could stop using civilians as human shields and stop using civilian infrastructure to stage hamas attack. hamas could lay down its arms, surrender the leaders responsible for the slaughter, the torture, the rapes of october 7th. hamas could renounce its stated goal of eliminating israel, killing jews, and repeating the atrocities of october 7th again and again and again. meanwhile, everyone around the world who cares about protecting innocent civilians, innocent lives should be calling on hamas, indeed demanding hamas that it immediately stop its murderous acts of terror and deplorable use of innocent, men, women and children as human shields. in our meetings with israeli leaders here and in jerusalem and palestinian leaders in ramallah, we discussed our continued focus from preventing the conflict from spreading whether to the west bank, to israel s northern border, or to the broader region. i rai
many of those lies are well documented. we know that mr. santos hide about his education, both graduate and post graduate. claiming that he attended universities where he was never enrolled. claiming that he obtained degrees that he did not earn. we know that mr. santos lied about his employment when he claimed that he worked for two prestigious financial institutions, citi group and goldman sachs. we know that mr. santos lied about his religious faith, when he said he was jewish, and when called out meant to say that he was jew-ish. and we know he lied when he said four employees killed in a mass shooting in florida. mr. speaker, while troubling, those lies did not justify his removal from this body. but these and other misleading statements reflect directly on mr. santos s credibility. in may, mr. speaker. george santos said that he looked forward to seeing the ethics process play out. and that if the committee finds reason to remove them, then that is the process. today, m